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Helping Propecia Erectile Dysfunction VictimsMon, 17 Feb 2014 21:22:38 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.1What is Propecia?http://propecia-ed.com/2012/02/what-is-propecia/
http://propecia-ed.com/2012/02/what-is-propecia/#respondFri, 17 Feb 2012 17:40:48 +0000http://propecia-ed.com/?p=14Propecia, produced by the drug company Merck, is the only FDA approved oral medication to treat male pattern baldness in the United States. The active ingredient in Propecia is finasteride, a synthetic 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor, which inhibits the enzyme that converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT), the active hormone that is significantly responsible for both male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hypertrophy. (MHRA Public Assessment Report, 2011.) Recent reports have chronicled Propecia’s association with loss of sexual interest and erectile dysfunction, often continuing even after the patient quits taking Propecia; in June of 2011, Merck updated its warning pamphlet to include erectile dysfunction that continues after treatment, as a reported side effect from general Finasteride use (Merck.com)
]]>http://propecia-ed.com/2012/02/what-is-propecia/feed/0Experts weigh in on Propecia and Erectile Dysfunctionhttp://propecia-ed.com/2012/02/experts-weigh-in-propecia-erectile-dysfunction/
http://propecia-ed.com/2012/02/experts-weigh-in-propecia-erectile-dysfunction/#respondThu, 16 Feb 2012 18:47:43 +0000http://propecia-ed.com/?p=23 Propecia’s link to sexual and erectile dysfunction has been well documented in the media recently. For example, professors at George Washington University and Boston University linked Propecia to prolonged and possibly irreversible male erectile dysfunction and loss of sexual libido. Both Men’s Health and Men’s Journal published articles in 2011on Propecia’s link to erectile dysfunction, and the articles contain numerous interviews with anonymous Propecia patients who experienced erectile dysfunction while taking Propecia, as well as after they quit taking Propecia. Other recent articles discussing Propecia and erectile dysfunction can be found in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, ABCNews.com, USA Today, and on blogs such as Dr. Andrew Rynne’s.
]]>http://propecia-ed.com/2012/02/experts-weigh-in-propecia-erectile-dysfunction/feed/0Men’s Journal: Save your hair but it will cost your sex lifehttp://propecia-ed.com/2012/02/mens-journal-hair-or-sex/
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If you had to choose between having hair or having sex which would you choose? These are the options for those who choose to take Propecia in the future. However, those that took Propecia in the past were not given a choice since the side effect of Erectile Dysfunction was not known until recently.

Oddly enough the article points out that Finasteride, the active ingredient in Propecia blocks the conversion of testosterone to the more potent dihydrotestosterone (DHT) which not only thins hair but grows penis’.

Finasteride’s original use was to shrink enlarged prostates in the form of a drug called Proscar, but doctors also noted it grew hair.